Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
TIE ANAECHEaTS, FRIENDS.

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The anarchists hsve been forced TO ed
nit that they have at least leagnsd che
valuable lesson. Their appeals to the
courts and extraordinary efforts il secuc-
ing counsel demonstrate the fact that they
st least realize the necessity Of adopting
and following constitutional methods il
obtaining relief from real CT imaginary
wrongs. Had this decision been arrived
al earlier, il would have been much better
for the doomed men VINO are awaiting
execution. The country wss Mortified bg
the murderou9 conduct OF the anarchists
during the HaymsTket riot, and Indignant
over the brszanso ffro1tery and defiant
language persisted in by the cuipfits
during and since the trial, blu. these feel
ings had become somewhat sb3tc and
the demand fer the extreme penalty re-
laxed by the triumph Of the it"s il con-
demning the guilty to death. Once tie
people were convinced tbGt their courts
of justice were capable OF publishing crime
in spite CT the threatening clamor Of
mobs, there was at orce p2rceptible c
lesSeriDg of pubic indignation. No CD
lection was made to the delay consequent
upon motions Tor new tfisls or appeals
TO superior courts; no objection was
made to the raising CT funds by ptcnics,
concerts, lectures and other legitimate
methods so long as lew was even partially
respected; indeed there was sympathy
felt for the condemned men, which would
have increased as time went or, were 1t
rot for the Incorporate end foolish
rawlings Of their fellows on the outside.
One of the most prominent charac-
teristics of the American people is the
energy VITA which they invoke the penalty
OF the lay upon offenders, the seeming
vindictiveness with which they pursue
them until after conviction, aud the re-
vulsion of feeling which ensu9s before
execution and which changes the most
active prosecutors to equally active in
tercessors and supplicsnts FOR mercy or
pardon. This paradox is readily explain
&c by the reflection thst the American
people respect the lay more than any
other people, and sre more jealous in en-
forcing obedience to it. TO the Ameri-
cen, an attack on the law IS, IN manner,
personal attack on him, and the FIRST
law CT nature inspires resentment. II
hiss made the law By his own voice and
vote, It is specimen CT his handicrsft snG
! its faults are reflections or his good jUdg-
ment and thorns 10 his pride. L Was
therefore imprudent in the anarchists -
call meetings TO denouEce the courts and
the laws of she country. II rc&s the de-
iendsnts Of that measure OF sympathy
which they would otherwise receive, ana
which would reGound so much
to their advantage. SUN speeches
IS were made in Naw York by
Most and others instead Of benefting
the condemned anarchists 60 far towards
making their execution public necessity,
without regard TO tie deg7se CT crime Of
which each may be guilty. Ii conmUta-
ton of sentence must per force be coz
strued into partial triumph q anarchist
doctrines or an evidence OF fesr on the
part OF the constituted authorities, it is
plain that as matter Of expedisncy the
extreme penalty Of the law must De in
hJcted, in which case the seven coz
demned men, instead OF being martyrs &c
the supposed good Of the cause would be
vicarious sufferers for the sins and fool
hardness Of its confessed vIciousness. II
by the sid Of sstute counsel the con-
demued men Can obtain relief under the
law, they are entitled to it snG should re-
ceive it, but their chances viii not be in.
creased or the prospects made more fat
tering by the circulation of blood-red
circulars or an insane "cau to arms'' By
the murderous mouthiDgs OF An expatri
.sed mischief-maker.